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MIT's Green Nano-factories to Produce Eco-friendly Batteries

...test research could address the energy crisis, the need for better medical treatments, and the demand for clean water. "Nano-technology is the future. In 2006 alone, governments, corporations, and venture capitalists spent 12 billion dollars on nano-technology research and development worldwide. Nano-t...

A Spoonful of Sugar can Melt Away the Pounds

...r Dr Drummond. The study not only highlights the need for dietary advice to accompany increased physical activity in order to achieve weight loss, but also demonstrates that a low-fat, high-carbohydrate, sucrose-containing diet combined with increased exercise can be effective for slimming. The study...

Brits Need to Change Lifestyle to Have a Greener Future: Report

... climate change. "What we are saying is that we need a huge programme, a bit like the US space project ...s report could slash carbon emissions. There would need to be a major step change in political and public thinking."...

Replacement Drivers Lend a Helping Hand to the Drunk and Stranded in Korea

...re part-timers, cashiers, students or salesmen who need extra income to pay debts. There are husbands and wives working as teams, usually with the woman following the man in a car to pick him up after the customer is dropped off. There are also female replacement drivers for female customers. Hur began ...

Parkinson's Targets Two Distinct Brain Networks, Finds Study

...seem to do anything to alter these networks and we need new ones to target these symptoms," Dr. Eidelberg said. Eidelberg added that the networks could be used as biomarkers to diagnose the disease. The scientists have also developed mathematical computer models to determine how fast the disease will pr...

Electronic Health Records Shows No Improvement in Quality of Outpatient Care

...f care delivered in clinic and office visits. "We need to be cautious about the assumption that electronic health records are going to solve problems around health-care quality by themselves," Stafford said. "It's not sufficient to have an electronic health record system that provides readily available p...

Eco-architecture Takes Root in Thailand, but Growth is Slow

...ngo," Soontorn tells AFP. "The mango tree does not need anything. The mango tree recycles everything, and it survives by the wind and the sun." Unfortunately for this middle-aged professor of architecture, he is ahead of his time in Thailand, where despite abundant sunshine and a construction boom, talk...

Parental Match-making Blossoms in a Beijing Park

..."Parents are also a little shy, but they feel they need to do this. They are worried about their children getting older and not finding a boyfriend or a girlfriend." The shyness and discomfort are obvious. As soon as any Westerner approaches, many cover up their CVs and hide their photos. And while some...

Fat Tax Could Avoid Considerable Amount of Heart Attack and Stroke Deaths Annually

... cut deaths from cardiovascular disease, but would need to be carefully targeted to prevent unhealthy compensatory behaviour in food choices....

Polyclinics Could Threaten NHS Services, Warns BMA

... and be in the best interests of patients. We will need to examine the details of Professor Sir Ara Darzis proposals to ensure these principles have been met....

Stem Cells Research in Parkinsons Disease

...ational research in primates raises questions that need to be addressed before moving to human trials, including determining the most effective cell dosing and brain sites to target. Pending further preclinical studies, he writes in the commentary, the results so far from the current study are supportiv...

Gallstone Gene Discovered by Research Team

... with drug treatments in future, thus avoiding the need for an operation." However, the genetic contribution to the common problem of gallstones has not been fully explained by this study: "We believe there are at least three or four other gene variants that increase gallstone risk," says the medical s...

Viagra Improves Heart Function, Finds Study

...s in both children and adults for which there is a need to boost the performance of the right ventricle, and this drug can be clinically and immediately relevant to help these patients," he said. "Sometimes the right ventricle can fail rapidly and even result in death, like in lung transplant surgery, f...

Alternative Option for Type2 Diabetes Treatment

...e, who are at risk of hypoglycemic sequelae and in need of weight loss may benefit from this new class. ...ver, these new classes of hypoglycemic agents will need continued evaluation both in long-term efficacy and safety controlled trials and in clinical practic...

Urine is a Rich Source of Phosphorus

... in about 50 years," she said. "We are going to need sources of fertilizer ... and the most concentrated, readily accessible source of phosphorus is us," she added. The technology that allows urine to be separated in the home is already in use in Sweden, Mitchell stresses. Mitchell says that all new...

Cell Toxin Inhibits Survival Protein in Cancer Cells

...ockenbery said his groups approach illustrated the need to look at how the proteins interact with everything else in the cell. By over expressing this protein, the cell is changed in some interesting ways. It creates a situation where the cell becomes dependent upon the protein, he said. Cancers can bec...

Late Nights may Make Preteens Antisocial and Aggressive

...behaviour and substance use," she added. Parents need to be vigilant in recognizing early signs of eveningness, and not only encourage their kids to sleep early but also ensure they get the required amount of sleep, Susman noted. The findings appear in the July 2007 issue of Developmental Psychology....

40 Percent of Community Pharmacists Dispensed Off-label Drug

...this situation is rectified, community pharmacists need to be competent and confident in recognising and dealing with drugs that are prescribed and dispensed outside their licensed use. Community pharmacists in the UK are responsible for overseeing the supply of prescription and over-the-counter medicin...

Tobacco Industry Promotes Antismoking Campaigns

...mpaigns, said Ibrahim. Persistence can pay off. We need to go with campaigns that work,...

Organic Farming can Feed the World, U-M Study Shows

...n important role in convincing the public that you need to have these inputs to produce food," she said....

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